Where does “Kahramanmaraş” come from?

Kahramanmaraş (Turkish) comes from Turkish kahraman, from Persian قهرمان, from Persian کهرمان, from Middle Persian kʾlplmʾn, from Old Median karhramāna-.

Ancestry of “Kahramanmaraş”, step by step

Kahramanmaraş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kahraman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkahramanhero
2Persianقهرمانchampion; hero; protagonist
3Persianکهرمان—
4Middle Persiankʾlplmʾnoverseer, manager
5Old Mediankarhramāna-—

via Turkish Maraş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishMaraşMar'ash
2Ottoman Turkishمرعش—
3Arabicمَرْعَش—
Every word from Old Median karhramāna- →Every word from Middle Persian kʾlplmʾn →Every word from Persian کهرمان →